Netanyahu says Syria must be stripped of its chemical weapons

[jakeXT]

Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Syria must be stripped of its chemical weapons and that the international community must make sure those who use weapons of mass destruction pay a price.

Speaking at a military ceremony, Netanyahu said Syria had carried out a "crime against humanity" by killing innocent civilians with chemical weapons and that Syria's ally Iran, who is at odds with the West over its nuclear programme, was watching to see how the world acted.

"It must be ensured that the Syrian regime is stripped of its chemical weapons, and the world must make sure that whoever uses weapons of mass destruction pays a price for it," Netanyahu said. "The message that is received in Syria will be received loudly in Iran."

Taking the stage after Netanyahu, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon reiterated Israel's position that in confronting regional threats, "at the end of the day, we have to trust in ourselves, in our strength and in our ability to deter".

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-says-syria-must-stripped-chemical-weapons-162651808.html

[SamKnause]

1. Weapons

What weapons should your country be stripped of Mr. Netanyahu ??????

Do you have an illegal weapons stash ?????

[Scootaloo]

2. Well, they're not illegal if you haven't signed the treaties to make them so...

[another_liberal]

3. Israel has no part in this discussion . . .

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Until the Israeli government signs the chemical weapons treaty and declares the existence of the stockpiles they are widely believed to hold, Israel has no part in this discussion about Syria's need to destroy her own stockpile.

[Coyotl]

11. ^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^

[Snake Plissken]

4. Netanyahu is the little drunk guy in bar who starts fights and expects his big friend to fight them

Americans must give their lives to strip Syria of it's chemical weapons or we use the money you give us to make sure the politicians who voted against it do not get reelected

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. So, Israel will put their nuclear weapons under international control - right?

Seems fair, after all.

[warrant46]

8. They have nuclear weapons ?

Why doesn't anyone care about this?

[jakeXT]

12. I don't know

[sendero]

6. Hey Yahoo...

.... if you want them, go get them. Asshole.

[CanonRay]

7. Why doens't he just STFU already

He just wants us to bomb, so he hopes he can stir things up again.

[geek tragedy]

9. Bibi is one of those guys who's always guaranteed to make things worse nt

[jsr]

10. Go in and do it yourself

[KansDem]

13. So, are we Israeli's "white slaves" now?

Centrist liberals like Arthur Schlesinger Jr. disseminated the unpleasant but important truth that the Gulf Arabs whose nations and oil we were supposedly defending held the United States in complete contempt. Scarcely a week before the bombing began, Schlesinger quoted in the Wall Street Journal dispatch from Saudi Arabia: "You think I want to send my teen-aged son to die for Kuwait? We have our white slaves from America to do that." And, quoting a Saudi teacher: "The American soldiers are a new kind of foreign worker here. We have Pakistanis driving taxis and now we have Americans defending us."

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http://www.antiwar.com/mcconnell/mc012202.html

on edit: Perhaps Mr. Netanyahu doesn't want to send his sons, Yair and Avner.

[Taverner]

14. Boo hoo hoo!

He didn't get his mercenary army to blow up the Syrians...

Of course, I expect blowback from this

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. Yes. Let's have a WMD-free Middle East. How about it, Mr. Netanyahu?